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The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology

Inquiry

News providers are facing a challenging future: new technologies, disruption to business models, declining trust and growing concerns around impartiality present a complex, interrelated and difficult problem.  

The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee will examine a selection of strategic challenges facing the sector, and identify the actions required over the next 12 months and 5 years to ensure news media can remain a core part of our democratic system.

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This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Monday 12 February 2024.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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1st Report - The future of news
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Response from the BBC to the Committee's report 'The future of news', dated March 2025
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Response from the Competition and Markets Authority to the Committee's report 'The future of news', dated January 2025
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Response from Dame Melanie Dawes, Chief Executive Officer, Ofcom to the Committee's report 'The future of news', dated 27 January 2025
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Government response to the Committee's report 'The future of news'. 1st Report, Session 2024-25
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Response from the BBC to the Committee's report 'The future of news', dated March 2025
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Response from the Competition and Markets Authority to the Committee's report 'The future of news', dated January 2025
Inquiry The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology
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Response from Dame Melanie Dawes, Chief Executive Officer, Ofcom to the Committee's report 'The future of news', dated 27 January 2025
Inquiry The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology
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Oral evidence transcripts

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15 October 2024
Inquiry The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology
Witnesses Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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14 May 2024
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Witnesses Ofcom, and Ofcom
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7 May 2024
Inquiry The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology
Witnesses Solicitors Regulation Authority, and Solicitors Regulation Authority
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Written evidence

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Financial Times (FON0073)
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Stewart Purvis CBE, and Chris Banatvala (FON0072)
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Maggie Carver CBE DL (FON0070)
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  • Email: holcommunications@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 8662 (committee staff) | 020 7219 8535 (Press Officer)
  • Address: Communications and Digital Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW